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The clothing chain Gap Inc. said Tuesday that it was taking immediate steps to remove products from its Yeezy Gap line created in collaboration with Kanye West and that it has shut down YeezyGap.com after the rapper’s anti-Semitic comments. This comes shortly after Adidas ended its partnership with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye …

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At least two Canadian women have been released from a detention camp in Syria with IS fighters and their families, CBC News has learned. The women left al-Roj camp in northeastern Syria for northern Iraq on Tuesday morning with an unknown number of children, according to multiple sources. The expectation is that the women and …

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A Russian court on Tuesday rejected US basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, a step that could move her closer to a possible prisoner exchange high risk between Moscow and Washington. The eight-time All-Star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist was sentenced …

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Rishi Sunak was installed as Britain’s third prime minister of the year by King Charles on Tuesday and will then name a cabinet that will have to grapple with Britain’s economic and political crisis. King Charles took on the ceremonial role of accepting Liz Truss’s resignation at Buckingham Palace before asking Sunak to form a …

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Video Games May Bring Cognitive Benefits to Kids: Study Phys.org Video games may be associated with better cognitive performance in children National Institutes of Health (.gov) Increased brain activity observed in children playing ScienceAlert video games Video games linked to better cognitive skills in brain study Bloomberg Video games could improve children’s brains, Malay Mail …

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Apple has released iOS 16.1 and it includes a warning to update now because the iPhone update fixes 20 security issues, one of which is already being used in attacks. Apple isn’t sharing many details about what’s been fixed in iOS 16.1, to prevent more adversaries from getting hold of the information they need to …

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HISTORY IN DEVELOPMENT HISTORY IN DEVELOPMENT, At least 21 more Palestinians have been injured after a large number of Israeli forces stormed the Old City of Nablus. At least six Palestinians have been killed and 21 wounded after Israeli forces stormed several areas of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. In the early hours …

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Live coverage of Durham municipal election night: Four new mayors at Durham durhamregion.com 2022 Municipal Election Live Results for Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Halton, Durham and Niagara Region | insauga insauga.com Toronto Election Results 2022 | Toronto election news and polls CTV News Toronto Toronto and GTA CP24 election results live Siscoe beats St. Catharines, Diodati …

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A person wearing a protective mask walks past the Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd signage. (HKEX) is shown at the Exchange Square complex in Hong Kong, China, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Roy Liu | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares in Hong Kong were volatile, while markets in mainland China continued to fall on Tuesday, …

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Up to 85% of Russia’s Killer Drones Supposedly Downed by Ukraine; Eight months on, Zelenskyy calls Russia a ‘beggar’: USA TODAY live updates Ukraine cites success in shooting down drones as Kyiv, Moscow trade ‘dirty bomb’ accusations CBC News Ukraine claims success in shooting down Iranian-made drones CTV News Will Russia’s Iranian drones prompt Israel …

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